Struggling Santa Clara will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Sporting CP in the upcoming league round. It’s 13th vs 4th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
Sporting CP could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at LASK Linz. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Santa Clara form and stats
The story so far in the Primeira Liga for Santa Clara at their home stadium (Estadio de Sao Miguel) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats. Santa Clara are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Estadio de Sao Miguel, having lost their two previous games here.
Santa Clara drew their last game, 2-2 away at Maritimo (placed 15th). Before that game, the home loss against Boavista with the scoreline 1-2.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Santa Clara as they are travelling to their away game against Porto in the Taça De Portugal. That match is three days after this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Santa Clara here at Estadio de Sao Miguel in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Santa Clara's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sporting CP form and stats
The visitors are W3-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Primeira Liga. Sporting CP has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Two away games in a row for Sporting CP, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 versus LASK Linz in the Europa League. Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Moreirense in the Primeira Liga.
Sporting CP goalkeeper Luis Maximiano had a great day against LASK Linz, but despite making 6 saves the loss could not be avoided.
Sporting CP find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 9 goals from 7 away fixtures in the league. Sporting CP have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
As for the last two games between these two teams, there's 0 Santa Clara victories, 0 draws and 2 Sporting CP wins. 1 of these game ended with three goals or more, 1 match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  Bruno Fernandes 5 goals |  Luiz Phellype 4 goals |  L. Vietto 3 goals |
Santa Clara missing players
Sporting CP missing players
| Santa Clara | Sporting CP | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 13 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 7 | 9 | 20 |
| 14 | 7 | 6 | Conceded | C | 3 | 8 | 15 |
| 85% | 86% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 69% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 71% | 77% |
| 23% | 29% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 43% | 54% |
| 8% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 29% | 31% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| 38% | 43% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 71% | 69% |
| 38% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 14% | 23% |
| 38% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 8% |
| 6.6 | 7.7 | 8.7 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 5.6 | 4.3 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2.4 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 161 | 111 | 45 | Total Shots | T S | 54 | 92 | 189 |
| 42 | 27 | 11 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 23 | 55 |
| 24% | 22% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 39% | 36% |
- Santa Clara have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Sporting CP haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Benfica | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 36 |
| 2 | Porto | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 32 |
| 3 | Famalicao | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 | Sporting CP | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 23 |
| 5 | Vitória SC | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Boavista | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 7 | Tondela | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 8 | Rio Ave | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 9 | Sporting Braga | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| 10 | Gil Vicente | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | -2 | 16 |
| 11 | Vitoria Setubal | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 16 |
| 12 | Belenenses | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | -9 | 15 |
| 13 | Santa Clara | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 14 |
| 14 | Moreirense | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -2 | 14 |
| 15 | Maritimo | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | -9 | 12 |
| 16 | Portimonense | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -9 | 11 |
| 17 | Paços de Ferreira | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 14 | -13 | 8 |
| 18 | Desportivo Aves | 13 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 21 | -14 | 6 |